Miravalles geothermal power
station. (Courtesy Costa Rican
Institute of Electricity)
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In January, the governmental Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) announced that it is contracting equipment for the geothermal power station of Las Pailas, on the side of the Rincón de la Vieja volcano, in the northwest province of Guanacaste.
The plant is scheduled to become operational in 2011, adding 35 megawatts to the 163.5 that are already supplied by the five units of the Miravalles volcano power station, in operation since 1994.
That same year, a third project, the Borinque, on the northeast side of the Rincón de la Vieja volcano, will be launched.